Hello All,
I think this is an idea worth a thought.
op 02-04-14 19:44, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx schreef:
> Always Learning wrote:
>> Today, an enthusiastic 10 year old boy asked me about Linux.
>>
>> I thought of telling me to go to centos.org but then realised there is
>> nothing on centos.org for complete beginners to Linux or for children.
> <snip>
> Here's another idea: if they have, or have access to a computer at home,
> maybe help them set up a VM with CentOS, and let them play with it.
>
> Betcha they catch on, fast.
>
> mark "pulls B*rb**'s string, and she says, 'Unix is haaaardddd'"
>
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Hello All,
I think this is an idea worth a thought.
One thing is : if I let my children have their way on the home computers
- all of them run Centos6 - they start playing My Little Pony or Star
Wars games, and continue with that just as long until you stop them.
So even if they play on Linux computers, they still open Firefox and
play games.
I tried Childsplay, Gcompris, and Edubuntu in the past, and that's good,
it's educational. But It still doesn't teach them Linux.
Recently I have them do Scratch, and I think Robomind looks interesting
( but you have to pay for it ) . But that's for programming.
This week I looked at http://www.phpforkids.com . I haven't tried it yet.
The other thing is : the schools over here are firmly in the hands of MS
Windows.
I would be interested to hear if someone knows of an initiative that
really brings Linux to kids or kids to Linux.
And if in other country's schools do use Linux.
Friendly regards, J.
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